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Historical commemorative coin Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp - Historisch Museum Den Briel (Brielle/NL)

Historical commemorative coin Maarten Tromp: "De felle zee en Vlaemse ree en al haar wesen die is herstelt door Tromp den helt Godt sy gepresen".

 

During the year we see the action of 18 February and 18 September 1639 and finally the Battle of the Downs, a decisive defeat of the Spanish.

 

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Historisch Museum Den Briel - a Dutch museum located inside Brielle's former weigh house and local prison, built in 1623 in the historical city of Brielle. Previously known as the "Trompmuseum", after Brielle-born Maarten Tromp who defeated the Spanish fleet in the Eighty Years' War.

 

Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historisch_Museum_Den_Briel

 

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Uploaded on June 22, 2016
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